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DAAM 2, 15 (P531501)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Šapinuwa · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | DAAM 2, 15 |
|---|---|
| ID | P531501 |
| Museum no. | 28-1062-90 + 28-1291-90 |
| Collection | Museum of Corum, Corum, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Šapinuwa (mod. Ortaköy) |
| Coordinates | 40.2541, 35.2375 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum digitalis (TLHdig) Beta 0.3 · CC BY 4.0
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| Vs.? | ||
| 1′ | x [ ] x ⸢ša⸣ [ | ... eša’e |
| 2′ | xx ⸢iš-tù ša⸣ xx [ | ... eštu-plant of ... |
| 3′ | x (x) iš x ⸢ša⸣ KUR-⸢ia⸣ [ | ... of the land of Eya |
| 4′ | ⸢ša KUR?⸣〈〈KUR?〉〉-⸢ti?⸣ ša-ni-i-ti x [ | that palace |
| 5′ | ⸢a⸣-[n]a ⸢pa-ni⸣ LUGAL-ri ù x [ | The king, my lord, should know this. |
| 6′ | i-nu-⸢ma ŠEŠ⸣-ia táq-bi x [ | At that time, you said to my hand |
| 7′ | AR[AD{ME]Š}-⸢ia⸣ muš-šìr-š[u-nu-ti | my father-in-law, the one who provides for them |
| 8′ | ⸢DUB ŠEŠ⸣-ia li-ib-lu-n[i ] xx [ | May my sealed tablet be brought. |
| 9′ | ⸢ki⸣-[me-e] ⸢DUMU{MEŠ}˽KIN⸣-ka i-na [ ] ⸢i-te⸣-er-bu | In Emê, your sons of Ulula, in the Itērbu temple |
| 10′ | xx ⸢i-na⸣ KUR {URU}lu-ul-lu-a [ ] x ta xx x (x) ú-ši-i[b] | ... the land of Lullua ... I made enter. |
| 11′ | k[i-me]-⸢e iš⸣-tu KUR {URU}lu-ul-l[u]-⸢a u⸣-tù-úr-[ru] ... | From the land of the Lullû (Lugal) he brought about the defeat of |
| 12′ | [DU]MU⸢{MEŠ}⸣-[ši]p-ri ša ŠEŠ-ia a-n[a] ⸢ma-aḫ-ri⸣-[ka ] l[i-tù-ru] | May the sons of my hand return to your abode. |
| 13′ | ⸢e⸣-nu-⸢ma a-na⸣ ma-ḫar ŠEŠ-ia ⸢a-mu⸣-[ | “Ana, the great one, my hand, Amu’e |
| 14′ | a-nu-um-ma ... 1 TÚG [ | Herewith 1 TÚG |
| 15′ | 1 bi-ib-ru KÙ.BABBAR ša 40 GÍN KI.L[Á.BI | 1 silver bibru, its weight is 40 shekels |
| 16′ | ul-te-bíl-ak-ku ... | I have sent to you |
| Rs.? | ||
| 1 | ⸢šum-ma ŠEŠ-ia⸣ LÚ⸢{MEŠ} ša-a⸣-šu-nu ú-x[ | If my hand is on a man, that man |
| 2 | ⸢LÚ⸣{MEŠ} šu-nu-ti {D}10 li-ir-taḫ-ḫ[i-iṣ | these men may Adad smite |
| 3 | ⸢a?-šak?-kán?⸣ mi-im-ma-a ⸢a?⸣-ag-[ | “Ea-šakkan-e-aĝ |
| 4 | ⸢a⸣-ma-te{MEŠ}-ni a-na dá-bá-bi [ ] xx [ | our rites to the assembly |
| 5 | iš-tu-ma LÚ{MEŠ} šu-nu ⸢a⸣-n[a] pa-ni ŠEŠ-⸢ia⸣ xx [ | When those men before my messenger |
| 6 | ⸢a-na pa-ni⸣-ka ka-an-n[a] i-dáb-bu-bu(-)mi(-)[ | In front of you he will speak a word. |
| 7 | ⸢i-na KUR {URU}ḪA⸣-AT-TI ⸢a?⸣-n[a?] pa-⸢ni?-ia? ni?⸣ x [ ] xx x | In the land of the city Ḫāb-at-TI, in my presence(?) |
| 8 | ⸢iš-tu-ma⸣ SIG₅-ma šu-nu ⸢a⸣-na pa-ni-⸢ka⸣ | It is a good sign that he is in your presence. |
| 9 | {LÚ.MEŠ}ḫal-zu-uḫ-⸢lu-ut-ti{MEŠ}?⸣ [š]u?-ku?-⸢un?⸣ xx x-⸢ti?⸣ | “Ḫalzuḫ-luttīti, Šuku-eun(?) ...-eti(?) |
| 10 | it-ti {LÚ}KÚR-⸢ka li?⸣-i[m?]-⸢ḫa?-ṣú?⸣ [ ] x am | with your vizier, may they ... ēmḫašu(?) |
| 11 | ⸢a-na ṭe₄-eḫ-ḫi-ka⸣ xx [ ] x | “When you enter, ... |
| 11a | ⸢a-na KUR {URU}ḪA-AT-TI ú⸣-x x [ | to the land of Ḫabat-balāṭu |
| 12 | e-nu-ma a-wa-at {m}ut-ti-[mi | When the word of Uttimu |
| 13 | ki-i-me-e {m}ut-ti-mi ⸢DUMU˽KIN⸣-[ka? | Like Uttīmu, your messenger |
| 14 | a-na ma-ḫar {m}⸢kán-tu⸣-z[i-li | before Ekāntu-ezili |
| 15 | ⸢ša ŠU{MIN} {m}kán⸣-tu-⸢zi⸣-l[i | Hand of Kan-etu-ezi-eli |
| 16 | [ a]n?-ni-i a-na pa-ni [ | this before |
| 17 | [ ] [ | |
| 18 | [ ] xx [ | |
| 19 | [ ] xx x [ | |
| 20 | [ ] x [ | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum digitalis (TLHdig) Beta 0.3 · CC BY 4.0 · Müller, G., Prechel, D., Rieken, E., Schwemer, D. (2026). TLHdig Beta Version 0.3. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.20328284
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